Hooper Monument About 3 Yards South of the Westernmost of the Range of 3 Lancets of the South Aisle of the Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Chest tomb.
Hooper Monument About 3 Yards South of the Westernmost of the Range of 3 Lancets of the South Aisle of the Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- calm-garret-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SO 611 357
- Coordinates
- 52.01903, -2.5674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hooper Monument is a chest tomb located about 3 yards south of the westernmost lancet of the south aisle of the Church of St George. It commemorates William Hooper, who died in 1820. The tomb is made of finely cut sandstone and features a moulded flat capping and corner pilasters with recessed trefoil-headed panels on the side faces. This monument is part of a group of four chest tombs, which also includes those for Barrett, Burrup, and John Wheeler.
Local climate
Hooper Monument About 3 Yards South of the Westernmost of the Range of 3 Lancets of the South Aisle of the Church of St George receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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